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Distributed optimization consists of multiple computation nodes working together to minimize a common objective function through local computation iterations and network-constrained communication steps. In the context of robotics,…

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This paper addresses the fundamental problem of non-uniform area coverage in multi-agent systems, where different regions require varying levels of attention due to mission-dependent priorities. Existing uniform coverage strategies are…

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Constrained multi-objective optimization problems (CMOPs) pervade real-world applications in science, engineering, and design. Constraint violation has been a building block in designing evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms…

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This paper aims to develop distributed algorithms for nonconvex optimization problems with complicated constraints associated with a network. The network can be a physical one, such as an electric power network, where the constraints are…

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Scalable addressing of high dimensional constrained combinatorial optimization problems is a challenge that arises in several science and engineering disciplines. Recent work introduced novel application of graph neural networks for solving…

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This paper investigates the distributed power allocation problem for coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmissions in distributed antenna systems (DAS). Traditional duality based optimization techniques cannot be directly applied to this…

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Real-world Constrained Multi-objective Optimization Problems (CMOPs) often contain multiple constraints, and understanding and utilizing the coupling between these constraints is crucial for solving CMOPs. However, existing Constrained…

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In this paper, the optimal consensus problem for general nonlinear multi-agent systems is studied, where both leaderless and leader-follower cases are considered in a unified framework. The key idea is to convert consensus problems into…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Ziyuan Guo , Chuanzhi lv , Liping Zhang , Huanshui Zhang

Multi-agent distributed optimization over a network minimizes a global objective formed by a sum of local convex functions using only local computation and communication. We develop and analyze a quantized distributed algorithm based on the…

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By enabling the nodes or agents to solve small-sized subproblems to achieve coordination, distributed algorithms are favored by many networked systems for efficient and scalable computation. While for convex problems, substantial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-24 Yu Yang , Qing-Shan Jia , Zhanbo Xu , Xiaohong Guan , Costas J. Spanos

In this paper, a multi-agent coordination problem with steady-state regulation constraints is investigated for a class of nonlinear systems. Unlike existing leader-following coordination formulations, the reference signal is not given by a…

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This paper presents a constrained adaptive dynamic programming (CADP) algorithm to solve general nonlinear nonaffine optimal control problems with known dynamics. Unlike previous ADP algorithms, it can directly deal with problems with state…

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Adaptive model predictive control (MPC) robustly ensures safety while reducing uncertainty during operation. In this paper, a distributed version is proposed to deal with network systems featuring multiple agents and limited communication.…

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We investigate the distributed online economic dispatch problem for power systems with time-varying coupled inequality constraints. The problem is formulated as a distributed online optimization problem in a multi-agent system. At each time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Yingjie Zhou , Xiaoqian Wang , Tao Li

In decentralized consensus optimization, a connected network of agents collaboratively minimize the sum of their local objective functions over a common decision variable, where their information exchange is restricted between the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-16 Wei Shi , Qing Ling , Kun Yuan , Gang Wu , Wotao Yin

The diversity of prosumers' resources in energy communities can provide significant technical and economic benefits to both prosumers and the distribution system operator (DSO). To maximize these benefits, a coordination framework is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Milad Kabirifar , Biswarup Mukherjee , S. Gokul Krishnan , Charalambos Konstantinou , Subhash Lakshminarayana

This paper studies a constrained optimization problem over networked systems with an undirected and connected communication topology. The algorithm proposed in this work utilizes singular perturbation, dynamic average consensus, and saddle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Phuong Huu Hoang , Hyo-Sung Ahn

This work views the multi-agent system and its surrounding environment as a co-evolving system, where the behavior of one affects the other. The goal is to take both agent actions and environment configurations as decision variables, and…

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